Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi

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Career
Ordered:
Laid down:	October 1, 1942
Launched:	October 15, 1943
Commissioned:	August 10, 1944
Fate:	Sunk by air attack at Kure Naval Base on July 27, 1945
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement:	22,400 tons (standard), 22,800 tons (full load)
Length:	227.4 m
Beam:	27 m
Draught:	7.8 m
Propulsion:	Steam turbines, 8 boilers, 152,000 hp, 4 shafts
Speed:	34 knots (63 km/h)
Range:	9,700 nmi. at 18 knots (18,000 km at 33 km/h)
Complement:	1,595
Armament:	6 × 5 in (127 mm) guns 51 x 25 mm anti-aircraft guns
Aircraft:	65

The Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi (天城) was a fleet aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy which served during World War II. Second vessel of the Unryū class, the Amagi was a lightly built carrier design based on the Hiryū class. She carried around 65 aircraft and also carried a secondary armament of twelve 5-inch Dual Purpose guns. Displacing 22,400 tons, she was capable of 32+ knots.

Amagi was built by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki. Laid down October 1 1942, launched October 15 1943, completed August 10 1944. Her aircraft complement consisted of 23 Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" fighters, 21 Aichi D3A "Val" dive bombers, and 21 Nakajima B6N "Jill" torpedo bombers.

The Amagi, named for the town of Amagi, Fukuoka, was commissioned in 1944, but was never deployed apart from defensive anti-aircraft action in Kure, and was eventually capsized and sunk at Kure Naval Base on July 27, 1945. She was refloated in late 1946 and scrapped the following year.

The name "Amagi" means heavenly castle.